melahang

Coding frame

Complex Verb form

Example

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Anak muani cenik ento melahang jendelene aji batu.

anak=e

person=DEF

muani

male

cenik

small

ento

that

melahang

break

jendele=ne

window=DEF

aji

with

batu

stone

‘The boy broke the window with a stone.’

Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets

Coding set

A coding set is the coding means of an argument. If the argument is only flagged (coded by an adposition or case), its coding set consists of the flag. If it is only indexed, the coding set consist of the index-series (e.g. subject marking). If it is both flagged and indexed, it consists of both flag and index-series.

and Argument types

Argument type

Arguments are classified into cross-linguistic argument types: A (argument coded like the 'breaker' of 'break'), P (argument coded like the 'broken thing' of 'break'), S (sole argument of a verb that lacks A and P), I (argument coded like the instrument of 'cut'), L (coded like the sitting location of 'sit'), and X (all others).

#	BREAK	Coding set	Argument type
1	breaker	Ø	A
2	broken thing	Ø	P
3	breaking instrument	aji+NP	I

Alternations

Alternation

A valency alternation is defined as a set of two different coding frames that are productively (or at least regularly) associated with both members of a set of verb pairs sharing the same verb stem. Alternations may be coded (marked by an affix on the verb, or by an auxiliary, like the English Passive) or uncoded (like the English Dative alternation).

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Alternation name	Occurs	Comment	Coded?	Derived Coding frame	Examples
C Passive -a alternation	RRegularly		y		(128) Jendelene belahanga aji batu teken anake muani cenik ento. ‘The window was broken by the boy with a stone.’ ★
C Passive ka- alternation	RRegularly		y		(173) Jendelene kabelahang aji batu teken anake muani cenik ento. ‘The window was broken by the boy with a stone.’ ★
C Resultative ma- alternation	NNever		y
C Causative with instrument causee more info	NNever	it is already a causative construction	y
C Causative with Theme causee more info	NNever	it is already a causative construction	y
C Locative alternation (oblique to object) more info	NNever		y
C Locative alternation (argument rearanging) more info	NNever		y
C Locative alternation (argument adding)	NNever		y